Avid Technology AirSpeed User manual

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Boot Drive Swap Guide
This guide provides information on how to exchange the boot drives and replace the media
drives in your old AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis. The Boot drive swap entails swapping the
boot drives from the new and old chassis, so that you end up with your original boot drive
and media drives installed in a new chassis. This process eliminates the need to reconfigure
your AirSpeed Multi Stream settings that you had previously configured.
Once the boot drives are swapped, you should refer to the AirSpeed Multi Stream Rack
Mount and Cabling guide for information on how to rack mount the system, and cable it up.
For more information, see the following topics:
•“Unpacking and Inspecting the Boot Drive Swap Kit” on page 2
•“Performing the Boot Drive Swap” on page 3
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Unpacking and Inspecting the Boot Drive Swap Kit
This topic provides information on how to unpack your Boot Drive Swap kit and inspect it to
verify that the components are not damaged in any way.
Unpack and Inspect Checklist
The following table provides a checklist of tasks that must be performed when unpacking
and inspecting your AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis.
Unpacking Your New System
Before you unpack your chassis, make sure the location is free of clutter and dust.
To unpack your new system:
1. Open the box.
2. Unpack the chassis.
Avid recommends that you keep all packaging materials for at least 90 days. If you need
to return a system to Avid Technology, Inc., the system must be repackaged in its
original packaging material to ensure that there is no damage to the system during
shipment.
3. Once the chassis has been unpacked, visually inspect the chassis to make sure that it
does not appear to be damaged in any way. You should have received one (1) AirSpeed
Multi Stream chassis with no Media drives.
nThe new chassis should be the same type (SD or HD) as the one you are replacing.
4. The next step is to verify that you have inspected the new chassis for damage. For more
information, see “Verifying Components” on page 2.
Inspecting Components for Damage
Once you have verified that all of your components have been shipped, you must verify that
they are not damaged.
Unpack your new system, as described in “Unpacking Your New System” on page 2.
Verify that the components are not damaged, as described in “Inspecting Components for
Damage” on page 2.

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To inspect components for damage:
1. Visually inspect all of the hardware components listed in the section on the previous
page to make sure that none of them were damaged during shipment.
2. If you received a hardware component that was damaged, contact Avid Technical
Support.
Performing the Boot Drive Swap
Once you have inspected your new chassis, you can begin the boot drive swap. The Boot
drive swap entails swapping the boot drives from the new and old chassis, so that you end up
with your original boot drive and media drives installed in a new chassis. This process
eliminates the need to reconfigure your AirSpeed Multi Stream settings that you had
previously configured.
nIt is also important that you plan for a way to distinguish between the old and new chassis
while performing the procedures outlined in this document. A good idea would be to label
your old chassis “Old”, or something similar. You will be shipping the old chassis along
with the new boot drive back to Avid.
For more information on the process, see “Boot Drive Upgrade Checklist” on page 3.
Boot Drive Upgrade Checklist
The following table provides a checklist of tasks that must be performed when swapping the
boot drive from your old AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis to a new Airspeed Multi Stream
chassis.
Unplug the cables from your old AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis, as described in
“Unplugging the Cables” on page 4.
Remove the Media drives from your old AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis, as described in
“Removing the Media Drives” on page 4.
Remove the AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis from the rack, as described in “Removing the
AirSpeed Multi Stream Chassis from the Rack” on page 5.
Remove the Boot drives from your old and new AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis, as
described in “Removing the Boot Drives from the Old and New Chassis” on page 7.
Insert the Boot drives into their new chassis, as described in “Inserting the Boot Drives
into their Respective Chassis” on page 8.

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Unplugging the Cables
Once you have inspected the new parts for damage, you must next unplug the cables from
the rear of the chassis. All cables, including the following must be unplugged from the rear
of the chassis:
• SDI and Video Reference cables
•TODLTCcables
• USB cables
• Ethernet cables
• Expansion port cables
• Remote serial cables
• Console cables
•VGAcables
• Power cords
Once the cables are removed, you can begin removing the drives. For more information, see
“Removing the Media Drives” on page 4.
Removing the Media Drives
Once you have unplugged the cables from the rear of the the AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis,
you must next remove the four media drives from the front of the chassis.
nThe media drives that were shipped with your chassis can be installed into any slot on the
AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis.
Re-rack the new AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis (with your old Boot drive, and Media
drives) in your rack, as described in AirSpeed Multi Stream Rack Mount and Cabling
Guide
Insert the media drives in the proper order in their new chassis, as described in “Inserting
the Media Drives into their New Chassis” on page 9.
Reconnect the cables to your new AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis, as described in the
Avid AirSpeed Multi Stream Installation and User’s Guide.

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To remove the media drives from the chassis:
1. Using cellophane tape (or some similarly easy-to-remove tag), make a small label on
each media drive’s handle and number them, from left to right, “1”, “2”, “3” and “4”.
nThese drives will need to be placed in the new chassis in that exact drive slot order.
2. Pull the plastic handle (with drive size label) open, to unlock the drive from the slot.
3. Using the handle, pull the drive from the slot.
4. Repeat steps 1 through 2 until all media drives are removed from the chassis.
Once the drives are removed, you can remove the AirSpeed Multi Stream from the rack.
For more information, see “Cabling Up the AirSpeed Multi Stream” on page 9.
Removing the AirSpeed Multi Stream Chassis from the Rack
All Avid AirSpeed Multi Stream rack-mount components are supplied with rear mount rack
supports (brackets).
nWhere necessary, this guide supplies specific rack-mount bracket installation instructions.
These instructions supersede the manufacturer’s instructions.
You should have someone helping you lift the AirSpeed Multi Stream while you are removing
it from the rack.
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To remove the AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis from the rack:
1. Remove the rack ear covers on the rack ear clips.
If the front bezel is installed on the front of your chassis, you can leave it on.
2. Unscrew the chassis from the the front of the rack through the ears of the chassis as
shown in the following figure.
3. Lift the chassis and slide it off of the rear brackets.
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4. Place the chassis in the location where you are going to perform the boot drive swap.
Removing the Boot Drives from the Old and New Chassis
The first task you must perform is to remove the boot drive from your old AirSpeed Multi
Stream chassis. This procedure includes instructions for removing the top of the case and
sliding it off the chassis.
To remove the Boot drives from the old and new chassis:
1. Remove the eight (8) case screws from the top of the case and gently slide the top of the
case and lift it off of the chassis.
2. Disconnect the boot hard drive power connector (includes 4 wires, 2 black, 1 red, and 1
yellow) from the boot drive. See the illustration below for more information.
3. Disconnect the boot drive’s data cable (red flat cable) from the boot drive. See the
illustration above for more information.
4. Remove the four (4) vertical hard drive mounting bracket screws that secure the hard
drive mounting bracket to the chassis.
nBe careful not to lose a screw in the chassis.
5. Lift the drive out of the chassis with the hard drive mounting bracket attached.
nYou will replace this drive in the other chassis, so there is no need to remove the brackets
from the drive.
6. Remove the four (4) hard drive screws that secure the hard drive in the hard drive
mounting bracket and then remove the hard drive from the mounting bracket.

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nKeep these screws separate from the other hard drive mounting screws.
7. Label the old boot drive so that you do not mix it up with the one you will be removing
from the new chassis.
8. Repeat Steps 1-7 for the removing the boot drive from the new chassis.
Inserting the Boot Drives into their Respective Chassis
Once you have removed both boot drives from their respective chassis, you can swap them
into each other’s chassis.
nThis procedure assumes that both chassis have their covers off and that both drives have
been removed and appropriately labeled.
nMake sure that you put the old boot drive in the new chassis, and vice-versa.
To insert the Boot drives into their respective chassis:
1. Set the hard drive, with the hard drive mounting bracket attached, into the proper
location, with the connector end facing the front of the chassis, and with the screw holes
in the mounting hardware aligned with the holes in the chassis.
2. Secure the hard drive mounting bracket to the chassis using four (4) of the vertical hard
drive mounting bracket screws.
nDo not over-tighten these screws.
3. Connect the hard drive power connector (includes 4 wires, 2 black, 1 red, 1 yellow) to
the boot drive. See the illustration below for more information.

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4. Connect the drive’s data cable (red flat cable) to the boot drive. See the illustration
above for more information.
5. Gently replace the covers and secure all eight (8) cover screws on the chassis.
6. Repeat Steps 1-5 for the other boot drive/chassis.
7. Rack mount your new chassis with the old boot drive installed and connected.
8. Once the chassis has been restored to the rack, the next step is to insert the media drives
in the proper order. For more information, see “Inserting the Media Drives into their
New Chassis” on page 9.
Inserting the Media Drives into their New Chassis
Once you have inserted both boot drives into their respective chassis, and replaced the
covers, you can insert your 4 prelabeled media drives into the new chassis in the same order
as they were in the old chassis.
To insert the Media drives into their new chassis:
1. Insert the media drives into the new chassis using the same slots from which they were
removed.
nMake sure with the left-most slot receiving the drive previously labeled as “1”, the second
slot from the left receiving the drive labeled “2”, the third slot from the left receiving the
drive labeled “3” and the right-most slot receiving the drive labeled “4”.
2. Pull open the plastic handle (with drive size label) on the front of the drive.
3. Place the drive into the slot and slowly push the drive completely into the slot.
4. Push the plastic handle (with drive size label) closed, to lock the drive into the slot.

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5. Repeat Steps 1-4 for the other media drives.
6. Rack mount your new chassis and connect all of the cables. For more information, see
the AirSpeed Multi Stream Rack Mount and Cabling Guide, or the AirSpeed Multi
Stream Installation and User’s Guide Guide.
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